Is that a good thing? I remember hearing that Prince had the albums he owned remastered but Im not sure but it is true that he has regained the rights to those albums, at least as far as I know. Has anyone bought it? Is the mastering good??

I think the 180g vinyl sounds pretty good, if bright (which seems to be a decision made during the recording). Someone took my original vinyl, so I only have the CD to compare it to and the vinyl is better than the CD (IMHO).

What was the source for the reissue vinyl? Either they used the original stampers or Prince gave access to the masters and that would be newsworthy.

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I bought it at Music Direct and here is a quote from their page on this LP (no wonder it sounds so good!):Mastered from the Original Tapes: Lacquers Cut by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman MasteringPressed at RTI and Features Complete Reproduction of Original Packaging: An Audiophile Spectacular

I bought it at Music Direct and here is a quote from their page on this LP (no wonder it sounds so good!):Mastered from the Original Tapes: Lacquers Cut by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman MasteringPressed at RTI and Features Complete Reproduction of Original Packaging: An Audiophile Spectacular

Any confirmation that the HDtracks uses the Vinyl mastering, gonna buy it anyway though, the samples sound much better than the regular CD to me. Anyone think buying the 192/24 is worth the extra money charged?

Most people who have heard them agree with my theory that it's the 180g vinyls master. So the source is most likely WB's copy from Prince's original.

If this is the case, hopefully we'll get Dirty Mind, Controversy and Purple Rain soon.

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The 180g vinyl sounds excellent, very clean and dynamic, with great bass (if a bit bright, as I alluded to above). Would LOVE to hear Prince's original, if the LP was NOT in fact cut from the original analog tapes!

The 180g vinyl sounds excellent, very clean and dynamic, with great bass (if a bit bright, as I alluded to above). Would LOVE to hear Prince's original, if the LP was NOT in fact cut from the original analog tapes!

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A prince.org member reported [bottom of page] emailing Bernie Grundman Studios in 2011 about the vinyl remasters and received this reply:"Yes those titles were remastered at our studio by Bernie. We received the original tapes and remastered them, using the original first pressings as references. We did the work back in January of this year."

From SoundStageDirect: "After more than two decades of being out of print, 1999 is finally back on vinyl--and how. Mastered from the original tapes, with lacquers cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, and pressed at RTI on 180g double vinyl, this is the very best version you'll ever hope to hear."

I also remember reading Grundman was did this specifically for the vinyl releases. How would that include later hi-rez releases?

I don't really like downloads, but I think I am going to have to get this one and burn it to a DVD. It's about time we get a digital remaster of Prince, and from the comments here, it appears that we got a good one.

It's a shame that a remaster of Purple Rain is unlikely since Prince doesn't have the rights to it.

A prince.org member reported [bottom of page] emailing Bernie Grundman Studios in 2011 about the vinyl remasters and received this reply:"Yes those titles were remastered at our studio by Bernie. We received the original tapes and remastered them, using the original first pressings as references. We did the work back in January of this year."

From SoundStageDirect: "After more than two decades of being out of print, 1999 is finally back on vinyl--and how. Mastered from the original tapes, with lacquers cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, and pressed at RTI on 180g double vinyl, this is the very best version you'll ever hope to hear."

I also remember reading Grundman was did this specifically for the vinyl releases. How would that include later hi-rez releases?

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Thanks, hotrodjunkie. It's nice to know that my ears didn't let me down! Might have to play a few tracks off that tonight.